A funny thing happened after HP killed the touchpad.
– They offered them at a fire sale price of $99
– This created huge demand
– It become a “must-have” item for geeks
– People were waiting in line, with even stories of suburban “stampeding”
– They got huge buzz on the internet

“Gizmodo published the stats yesterday to illustrate the fact. The iPad totally eclipses all other tablets in sales. Apple has made 281 times more profit from the iPad 1Â alone – in just three market quarters – than all other ‘tablet’ manufacturers have made from all their models, across all their brands, combined.”

Some tidbits:
– Fire well-performing CEO Mark Hurd over expense-report irregularities and a juicy sexual-harassment claim that you admit has no merit.
– Fire four board members, as publicly as possible.
– Foment a mass exodus of key executives who actually know how to run the giant computer company.
– Hire new a CEO from German competitor, SAP, which sells business software, not consumer products.
8/29 Modders Slap Popular Android Hack on HP’s TouchPad

I knew it was a matter of time before we’d see modded Touchpads running Android

The big question:
Best Buy reportedly had 200,000 units. If you were an entrepreneur with $15 million and they agreed to sell you all of them at once for $75 a pop, what kind of business could you create where you could leverage the touchpad (and double your money)?

Richard Feigin – I would hand them out as a goodie bag to people entering Superbowl arena 2012. In exchange everybody lifts the pads over their heads by the first touchdown of the game. The Pads are preinstalled with a giant pattern divided over all screens. The moving pattern is a live commercial for any brand interested in buying Superbowl airtime at 50% off TV price. The brand will have the worlds largest guerilla marketing stunt.